Dick Butkus and Brian Urlacher have given their endorsements to Bears rookie Roquan Smith, who is eager to follow in their footsteps.

Jeff Dickerson ESPN Staff Writer

Bears head coach Matt Nagy gave this update on the status of wide receiver Allen Robinson, who's still recovering from a torn ACL: "He's ahead of the game. He's looking good. We're feeling really good about his prognosis as far as getting started. We don't need to rush it. So he's been doing great in meetings. He's answering every question in meetings. He's out here, focused, doing everything we want him to do."

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Jeff Dickerson ESPN Staff Writer

Bears head coach Matt Nagy sounded enthusiastic about starting right guard Kyle Long's recovery from multiple surgical procedures. Long did not wear a helmet during Wednesday's OTA, but he was active in several individual and team drills. "Yeah at some point we'll get him out there [full-go] but you know for him he's been doing really well," Nagy said. "He's been you know just honing in on the details of their job on the offensive line and then as soon as we all agree that he's ready to go he'll be up and going."

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First look at Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky working with the club's entire 90-man offseason roster.

Jeff Dickerson ESPN Staff Writer

Jeff Dickerson ESPN Staff Writer

Bears second-round pick wide receiver Anthony Miller will be limited to individual drills at rookie minicamp, head coach Matt Nagy said on Friday. Miller is still recovering from a foot injury that sidelined him earlier in the offseason. "What we're doing with him is letting him get going with his feet, get the pace going," Nagy said. "We're not going to rush him into anything. We want to make sure he's doing everything as far as individual drills, routes on air. And he can go in and go full speed right now, but right now it's big for us to get him going mentally and with his foot and everything, just kind of get back to working into 100 percent."

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Jeff Dickerson ESPN Staff Writer

Bears rookie linebacker Roquan Smith — the eighth overall choice of the 2018 NFL draft — discuss the incident that took place last week where he had items stolen from his car in Georgia, including Bulldogs memorabilia and his Bears iPad playbook.

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Bears first-round pick linebacker Roquan Smith (#58) said prior to the beginning of rookie minicamp that he doesn't feel much pressure following in the footsteps of Chicago linebackers such as Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary and Brian Urlacher. But expectations are high for Smith, who's likely to start immediately and play almost every snap on defense. Smith was the center of attention at the annual rookie camp, which featured seven draft picks, 15 undrafted free agents and a host of tryout players.

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Jeff Dickerson ESPN Staff Writer

Bears first round pick Roquan Smith isn't fazed by having to follow in the footsteps of Chicago's great linebackers of the past.

Bears rookie linebacker Roquan Smith, who had a number of items taken from his vehicle Saturday, said that most of the items have been recovered. The police said a suspect has been identified and warrants are "forthcoming."